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Tatsu: Akio is…Akio is…he’s gone.
Maseo: Akio. Please wake up. Please wake up!
Shrieve: He was dead the moment he was exposed.
Oliver: But you said--
Shrieve: There is no cure.
Oliver: Then what the hell is that?!
Shrieve: Insulin. I’m diabetic. (smiles) I want to thank you for bringing me here. It would have taken us weeks to track you all down. And I do so hate loose ends.
~ General Shrieve after giving Oliver, Tatsu and Maseo false of a hope for the child Akio just so his soldiers could come and kill them all.

Matthew Shrieve is the main antagonist of the flashback storyline in Season 3 and the posthumous overarching antagonist of the season itself of the TV series Arrow.

He is a U.S. army general who is stationed in China to stop Chien Na Wei's plans to sell the Omega virus in Starling City. Initially appearing to be a reasonable and helpful general, Shrieve is soon revealed to be a callous xenophobic monster who wishes to use the Alpha-Omega bioweapon to wipe out China's population, starting with Hong Kong.

He was portrayed by Marc Singer.

What Makes Him a Hate Sink?[]

  • He attempted an unauthorized genocide on all of China, starting with Hong Kong as he spread the deadly Alpha-Omega Virus throughout the public and even disguised samples of said virus as cures to infect more people. Approximately 3,052 people succumbed to illness and died before the virus was finally contained.
  • When captured by Oliver Queen, Maseo and Tatsu Yamashiro in hopes of saving the latter two's sickly young son Akio, Shrieve gave them insulin under the mere pretense of a cure just to twist the knife (even smiling sadistically while doing so), only revealing it at the last second when Akio died and Shrieve had his soldiers surround their hideout in an attempt to kill them all.
  • While he does come off as a well-intentioned extremist, claiming his goal to wipe out China is to protect the U.S. economy, in reality he's simply a delusional psychopath and anything but noble. He himself is shown callously mistreating his fellow Americans by usurping and torturing Amanda Waller (even if she deserved it), trying to kill Oliver and the Yamashiro family to "tie up loose ends", and doesn't even lift a finger to aid his own soldiers when his base is attacked by Oliver and Maseo. Furthermore, while not stated in-universe, wiping out China realistically runs the risk of starting World War III.
  • Overall due to his heinous crimes, his torture and death at the hands of Oliver and Maseo is played more for horror at the former's downspiraling mental state than sympathy for a genocidal racist like Shrieve.

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